as in ego-trippers
a person who is overly concerned with his or her own desires, needs, or interests
he's such an egocentric that he painstakingly records every detail of his unremarkable life
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Noun
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Smarmy jerks can get obscenely wealthy in this country just by managing other people’s money.—
Gilad Edelman,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026 -
Moreover, where most clients are great, some are jerks.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Overpraised for her demented turn as Carmy’s mother in The Bear, Curtis has apparently decided to make a late career of playing hideously obnoxious, loudmouthed narcissists.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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More than a decade since Cronenberg’s ghostly satire hit Cannes, the entertainment business is still chock-full of narcissists.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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How did clowns become a protest symbol?—
Janet W. Lee,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2026
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And, yeah, it’s run by unworthy—the clowns are the best one.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Fittingly, the song’s thumping beat is heard twice, real loud, in Rosebush Pruning, Karim Aїnouz’s high-gloss, pitch-dark satire about an American family described by one of its scions as mediocre, vapid egotists, who will never have to work thanks to a large inheritance.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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But Holland and Bloys are both respected leaders focused on The Work rather than egomaniacs looking to protect their personal brands or future ambitions.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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Vincente Minelli’s melodrama about the movie industry followed Sunset Boulevard by only two years, but if the latter was a noirish slice of roman à clef, then the former was an entire scandal sheet of Hollywood egomaniacs and narcissists.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Egocentrics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egocentrics. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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